The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1887-11-16
Maine Canning Factories

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Maine Canning Factories
The pack Of sweet corn in Maine has
been much larger. this season, than IN
any previous year, the increase being g.
timated ut - per cent The quality, also
Ia, been excellent. Since Tie corn was
packed many of the factories have been
putting up beans, apples, squash, pump
kins, tomatoes, etc, and some have not
finished. even yet. The amount OF acre
age employed in corn raising throughout
the State is 10000 acres or - square
miles, and the product of this vast field Is
used in about 81 factories. The business
reported by the various companies Is a
follows.
The Winslow Packing Company has
corn factories located at Bridgton, Bnck-
field, Camden, Dcering, Fairfield, Far
miugton, Hiram, Mechanics Falls, Nor
way, Oakland, Raymond, Wilton, and
Baldwin. The company have lobster fac
tories at Boothbay and Camden in Maine
Bay of Islands and sober Islands, Nova
Scotia. and two at thu Magdalenc Islands,
making total of fourteen corn and six
lobster factories Besides these, there
IL n SHt1D III ~ tldliil hNti ABA mani =
cans, and the packing Of squash, pump
kins ami apples. This company also con
trolls the goods of large number of out
side factories operated on contract. The
total sales of corn made by this company
the past year were upwards of 2O3,Oo0
cases or 1 ,s72 900 cans. In addition to
this the sales of succotlsh are upwards
of . 900 cases, and of Lima beans up
E y m intr total nt
corn, succotash and Lima beans of up
wards of PA 800 cases, or over i've mi
lion cans. The total sales of this com
pany, the present year, for corn, succo-
fash and Lima beans, amounted to up
wards of "A half million of dollars. To
supply the corn handled by this company
requires upwards of 1000 farmers, and
gives employment to not less than 20og
men, women and children, directly, be
sides the work to farmers. In addition
to all the foregoing the making of
the cans would equal the labor of
one man for 5000 days but as can max
ing is not pursued all the year, there is
labor for fifty men for about six months
in this department.
Burnham 4 Morrill, have factories AT
Scarboro, Denmark, Harrison. Casco,
Minot, Auburn, So. Paris, DiXllcld, Far
mington and Norridgewock, OF which the
total pack of corn and succotash is POO
600 cans. Two thousand hands were en-
ployed and 2js0 acres were planted. The
number of cases amount to III, 300.
The Union Packing Co, will three fac
tories reports the seasons pack as fol
lows: Scarboro, 5000 cases: llalloWell
10. 900 cases. Winterport, 1000 cases; OF
about ii2 600 cans.
The Portland Packing Co has eleven
corn factories, located ut Gorham Seba-
20 Lake, Naples, Frycburg, Monmouth,
Winthrop. Vassalboro, Skowhcgan, North
Arson, entity, Wells aud twe0ty-siX lob
ster factories located in New Brunswick
and Nova Scotia. The corn factories EN-
ploy about $50 hands each during the sea
son-men, women aud children This
year the pack amounted to 100000 cases
of corr, sucCotash and beans, About
5000 acres of corn we've required to com
pletc the pack. The sales average 81 20
per dozen, two dozen cans in IL case. In
several factories the past year steam pow
ar has taken the place of hand power \
new factory was built at Unity. \ limit
ed crrR n each factory make the cans
Tor the 4lrAt seasons pack. Twenty of
the t,YfutY.~iN lobster factories were OPP
eratsA thr past year, prod icing $1,000
~ If four dozen cans each, employing
- hands ia each shop, and making "A to-
TAI -At. of about $3.50, 900. II required
about eight and half million HOLSTERS To
hll all these eases The company are now
busy packing meats and cranbcrrics. of
the cranbcrrics about 5000 cases are
packed.
II. +. Webb & Co. packed 900 900 cans
Of corn, this season. They have three
factories, one at Rumford, one at Leeds
and one at Gray. During the canning
season, they employed 800 men, women
and children in their fadtolies.
Thompson 4 Hall. in their factory, at
jay Bridge, packed 300 900 cans of corn,
alb 9ut eighty hands.
Twitchcll \ Champlin, besides canning
300 cases of squash, l25 cases of pump
Sins, 100 cases of pears, and 100 cases Of
tomatoes, packed y, 600 cans of corn.
The factory used, this season. was not n
alge one, but they are now laying the
foundation of larger brick building To
ne erected in the spring 1t will be five
stories high 1873 feet long, and - feet
wide, and will be devoted wholly To can
ming purposes. They will also Greer
another building to be used as store
house for salt and moas>es, which Will
be either two or three stof es niEh. Ia
feet long and 30 feet wide.
At the West Falmouth factory, $4,000
cans were packed. Other faCloiies in
Maine report the number Of cans rs fol-
ows Bethel $780, 900; Brownlcld, no.
200; Brunswick, l77,99l; Dexter, 300, 900
Garland, 10000; Livermore, 100000;
Livermoie Falls, $4,000; North Water
ford, $50 200; New Gloucester, $4,000;
Weld l25 900; st, Adams, jOl,09o; Tn
ion, 10000
The entire sales of Maine corn for the
present year, cannot fall below two and
one-half 10 three millions Of dollars, of
which a large sum of money at least 80
per cent. remains in the State of Maine
the only expenditures outside being for
tin, solder and labels.